Fitting a stone resin shower tray

[carabif]

Is it possible to fit a new shower tray onto existing mortar base (providing we can get the old tray off)?

 

[TicklyT]

The idea of using mortar is to support the tray evenly over as large an area as possible.

Your new tray will need a fresh mortar bed to conform to it's individual shape. Each individual tray varies slightly according to manufacturing tolerances.

Once the old tray is out the way, it should be relatively easy to remove the old bedding mortar, it's usually quite a weak mix.

 

[carabif]

what do you think about using tile adhesive instead of mortar to make the base. Just trying to find an alternative to mortar as we don't want that unsightly mortar line round the base of the tray.

 

[Richard C]

Too strong, the mortar is there to provide a support not glue it it place. Someone else recently decided not to follow the manufacturer’s installation instructions, this is what happened;
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[JBPHS]

What about the ones where legs screw into the tray?

James.

 

[Dextraneous]

4 years later....

 

[flameport]

What about the ones where legs screw into the tray?

Unlike this thread, they do not last for 4 years.

The first time someone drops the shower head or any other item, a large hole appears and the tray has to be replaced with a proper one.

Even if they somehow manage to not be broken, they bend and flex all over the place. Leaks are inevitable.

 

[JBPHS]

Don't know how I resurrected a 4 year old thread.

I always prefer a solid base.

James.